Most Helpful Positive Review

Feb 06, 2008

This is "THE BEST" pot roast recipe on this site. I would give this 10+ stars, just for the smell alone while it was cooking. I mean I swear...the dog kept walking around with his nose in the air sniffing and when my husband walked thru the door he said "Oh my God, that smells incredible!" Here is what I did differently: I added seasoned salt and garlic powder to the flour/pepper mixture. I roasted the meat in the same pan that I browned it in. I did not use the wine called for. Instead I deglazed the pan with a can of undiluted beef consumme. I also added halved potatoes and carrots to the pot for the last hour. They were perfect-not mushy. I can honestly say I will never make a pot roast any other way.

Most Helpful Critical Review

Dec 28, 2011

I've never used a rump roast for pot roast before, but thought I'd actually follow the recipe since so many people gave it such good reviews. I followed the recipe exactly and the meat was almost too tough to cut. What a waste of time and money.

Easy. Delicious. Satisfying. After browning the meat in a Dutch oven (used this from browning and roasting) I deglazed the pan with 1/2 cup white wine. (The same wine I used instead of Vermouth.) I didn't remove the meat to deglaze. After pouring the soup mixture over the roast I poured in a can of consommé. I upped my heat to 350 after the first hour. In the last hour and 10 minutes I added red potatoes and carrots. The consommé and flour from the meat made a slightly thick and full bodied gravy that was delicious over the meat slices and vegetables. I served this with a loaf of homemade bread and got rave reviews.

I got the thumbs up from the friends about the pot roast! I couldn't give it a 5 because I changed some stuff in it... but it's definitely 5-star quality.
I used onion gravy mix instead of onion soup since that's all I had. I had no vermouth, so I used the equal amount of water. I also rubbed some powdered garlic into the meat before flouring it. I also didn't cut off the fat before cooking since it added a bit of flavor (but definitely didn't serve it). I put carrots and potatoes in with the roast 2 hours after it was already in the oven.
I let it cook for a total of 5 hours (give it take 20 minutes) at 275 degrees. Very tender and pulled apart nicely!

Incredible pot roast. I have made this twice so far, as a matter of fact I have a roast made with this recipe in the oven as I type this. I seasoned my flour with a teaspoon on garlic powder, a teaspoon of salt and a teaspoon on paprika. I put slits in my rump roast and added garlic like some of the others did. I also substituted cream of celery soup because the cream of mushroom always ends up tasting tinny and has a strong tapioca flavor to it and sherry in place of the vermouth. I cut 2 large turnips into quarters and sliced a bermuda onion into thick slices and arranged that around my roast before cooking. SinceI like my pot roast cooking all day, I lowered the heat to 250 degrees and cooked it for 5 hours. The end result is a tender roast with a very savory gravy.

It was delicious and easy! I did make a few modifications based on other's input. Once the meat was browned, I rubbed minced garlic all over. And, since I'm not a fan of cream of mushroom soup (although I love mushrooms), I used low sodium cream of celery soup and instead of the dry onion soup, I used 1 packet of dry onion with mushroom soup. I also used a zinfandel wine. Forty-five minutes before removing from the oven I added carrots. This was definitely a tops with my family. It was served with mashed potatoes, green beans and fresh baguettes. Thank you for sharing your recipe.

This is the best tasting pot roast I ever had!
So moist and juicy cooked in a rich gravy sauce.
I also added one can of french onion soup mix
and used a dry white wine instead of dry vermouth.
I added cut up carrots, red potatoes, and onions
to make a complete meal. Very easy to make!

Best pot roast recipe I ever ate! I made it with a very lean roast, a top round roast, and it was delicious! Thanks for the recipe. I also made it in a crockpot instead of the oven before work, and I did pan sear it like it called for.

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